Howard Spring (10 February 1889 - 3 May 1965) was a Welsh author and journalist.He began his writing career as a journalist but from 1934 produced a series of best-selling novels. The most successful was Fame Is the Spur (1940), which has been both a major film starring Michael Redgrave and a BBC television series (1982) starring Tim Pigott-Smith and David Hayman.
British author of popular realist novels, often depicting society's changing moralities. His "Fame is the Spur" was based on Labour politician Keir Hardie.